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Just downloaded game and patch...won't run.
Windows 7

Any help is appreciated. I've had no problems with any other programs.

Did you change the directory where the game was installed? If you did, did you change make sure and use the same directory for the install of the patch.

ORIGINAL: KG_Wiking

Just downloaded game and patch...won't run.
Windows 7

See

"The program has failed to launch" or "The application has failed to start" -- Why?

in the

2.0* Update Tech Support FAQ

The game launched before I added the patch. I wanted to see if that did something. So it's the patch which may be causing the conflict. I'll look over the site, but I'm not too keen on changing Windows main config files which run fine on every other program.

I'm presuming this is what I need to do:


"The program has failed to launch" or "The application has failed to start" -- Why?


This is aka the "side-by-side" error.

Most likely, you don't have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.

Make sure you get the right version for your system architecture (32 vs. 64 bit)!


I have no idea if I am 32 or 64.
Please reply if possible.

Start button, then control panel, then system, should be a display then of system basics?

Okay here is the status.

1) Game runs w/out patch
2) Installed the Windows update
3) Game will run with the update non patched
4) Same error with the 2.0 patch.
5) Ran the update from the game engine - didn't run

I've had to install/uninstall three times -

Please help - nothing more discouraging than patches that create more bugs than they fix

Got it running on patch on one system...other may have to do the stock version for now.

Game is fun...did some of the basic games...I can tell it will be A LONG WHILE till I am ready to run the campaigns.

Got it running on both computers. Thanks for the help